Shloka 3.64.42
गोदावरीतटे सीतान्वेषणम् — The Search for Sītā at the Godāvarī
तस्या निमित्तं वैदेह्या द्वयोर्विवदमानयोः।बभूव युद्धं सौमित्रे घोरं राक्षसयोरिह।।।।
tasyā nimittaṃ vaidēhyā dvayor vivadamānayoḥ | babhūva yuddhaṃ saumitre ghoraṃ rākṣasayor iha || 3.64.42 ||
O Saumitri, for Vaidehī’s sake, a dreadful battle must have taken place here between two rākṣasas who were disputing with each other.
O Lakshmana, two demons might have fought a dreadful duel at this place contesting with each other for the sake of Vaidehi.
Dharma affirms human dignity: the verse implies the moral disorder of treating a person as a prize, leading to violence and conflict.
From the destruction at the site, Rāma infers that two demons may have fought each other over Sītā.
Inference guided by truth-seeking: Rāma reasons from evidence to reconstruct events.